pereque

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈɾeke/ [peˈɾe.ke]
• Rhymes: -eke
• Syllabification: pe‧re‧que

Noun

pereque m (uncountable)

1. (Latin America) bore, bother, nuisance
   • 1964, Richard Renner (Editor), Comparative Education (in English), page 113:

     “No es ningún pereque traerle lo que me encargó de San Andrés. […] ”

     It is no bother to bring you what you want from San Andrés. […]

   • 2017, Paco Pomares, Razones para matar a un frutero (in Spanish), →ISBN:

     “Joder, ¡mi cuñado es un pereque!, exclamó Miguel Alejandro, el criollo padre, marido de María Fernanda. […] ”

     Damn! "My brother-in-law is such a nuisance", exclaimed Miguel Alejandro, the Latin American father[/priest?] and María Fernanda's husband. […]

2. (Latin America) commotion, scandal
   • 1967, Enrique Peña Hernández, Columna lexicográfica, volume 1 (in Spanish), page 101:

     “ARMAR UN PEREQUE , que en sentido figurado quiere decir "Armar un escándalo o alboroto por causa de algo" […] ”

     ARMAR UN PEREQUE, which in a figurative sense means "to create a scandal or commotion because of something" […]

Descendants

• → Jamaican Creole: prekeh

Further reading

• “pereque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28